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Assignments from a Towson University StudentMon, 27 Jun 2011 18:01:51 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/Comment on The Price of a Diminishing Childhood by Bloggers Unite!!! « jcollingsworthhttps://allymcnamara.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/the-price-of-a-diminishing-childhood/#comment-34
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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:40:54 +0000http://allymcnamara.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-33Ally,

So being a guy, it is hard to admit, that yes I did watch Disney cartoons and reading this blog took me back to when I was younger. Thanks for the memories.

Your interpretation of Ideological Criticism and how it relates to the Disney characters was spot on!! Your paragraphs were short and easy to read. The visuals were also very enticing, like I said it reminded me of when I went to Disney World when I was six.

All of the hyperlinks throughout the blog were great too. Allowing the reading to explore a world beyond the writing is always a good and you hit a homerun.

Here is also a link to Ad Age about the amount of revenue being produced because of children television. These stats are enormously large. Even right it shocks me.

Overall, I thought the blog was great and you were able to indentify Ideological Criticism within a children’s product, and in my opinion, that is very difficult.

P.S. I love the cartoon about hegemony. That’s how you capture a reader at the very beginning of a blog.

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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:42:26 +0000http://allymcnamara.wordpress.com/?p=169#comment-30Ally, it was a great idea to start off with a quote from. As a reader it immediately gains my interest because I want to know who it was from. You state that it is important to think about media because the media “can give us a warped sense of our culture and values.” I would have liked to see you elaborate further on exactly what you mean by “warped sense of our culture and values” by giving an example. I agree that most viewers are unable to relate to the lifestyles the women of “The Real Housewives” franchise lead but I would push back that viewership is solely based on wanting to live that type of lifestyle. I think that envy is also an important factor. I would say that when viewers see that the “Housewives” are flawed they feel better about their own lives. If you had included a clip from one of those shows (possibly the table flipping incident from “The Real Housewives of New Jersey”) it would have taken your blog over the top. I found your links to be very helpful to find further information. Overall you did a terrific job on this blog post.
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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:15:16 +0000http://allymcnamara.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-29
Your example of General Electric’s “ecomagination” campaign was great! I never saw that before.]]>First off, I love the cartoon! I can’t believe you found one that incorporates hegemony!

You gave very informative definitions of ideological criticism, counter-hegemony and political economy, but maybe an example for each would help your readers understand the concepts a bit more.

You did a good job on letting your readers know what a huge conglomerate Disney is, and that it may not be such a good thing. You made a very good point that I have never thought of before. You said, “The fact that Disney controls that much media means that viewers and consumers of their products are getting a limited view of the world, only seeing what Disney wants them to see,” very insightful.

I love how you added a personal touch, talking about how you would ride your bike around your house. I played just like that as a kid too! You made a good point claiming how kid’s are lost if they don’t have the most up-to-date toys.

It’s pretty sad how kid’s don’t use their imaginations as much these days, and how engulfed they are in a materialistic culture. ☹

Your example of General Electric’s “ecomagination” campaign was great! I never saw that before.

]]>Comment on The Price of a Diminishing Childhood by krassa5https://allymcnamara.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/the-price-of-a-diminishing-childhood/#comment-28
Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:04:01 +0000http://allymcnamara.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-28Ally,
I loved reading your blog. The short paragraphs made it very easy to read. Your personality came through in your blog. I felt as if it was an informative conversation, especially when you told a story that you heard from your mom. The visuals draw the viewer in and your cartoon in your last post was funny. There were many links throughout your blog that gave the reader more information on the topic that you were discussing. I watch many of the shows that you use as examples in your blog, such as Law and Order and Real Housewives. You did a great job defining concepts, such as ideology and political economy. When you were discussing the documentary Mickey Mouse Monopoly: Disney, Childhood, and Corporate Power it would have been good to expand on an example from a Disney movie. For instance, when you were discussing a girl and a beast you could have been more specific with Belle and the Beast. By giving the reader this concrete example, they would be pulled further into the reading. This sight breaks down the messages presented by Disney for women; http://www.newint.org/easier-english/Disney/diswomen.html. You stated that by learning about the messages that are sent, it would help us to “get back to the way our culture used to be”. I think this would be great but is overly simplified. It is very difficult to find lower end products that do not have advertisement placement. Those who cannot afford anything else may have no other choice but to put “Nemo” in front of their child. Overall, you have written a great blog!
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Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:42:41 +0000http://allymcnamara.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-27I love the use of the line “You can buy your children all the products in the world, but you can’t buy back their childhood!” It is 100% true and something I think you could have placed higher up in the post.

Giving readers definitions of terminology that you will be using is great, but I feel like you lost me a little. I am guilty of the same thing! I get so lost in informing my readers about every term and theory that it becomes monotonous. Throwing in some examples, in addition to the definitions, might have jazzed up the beginning a teeny bit more.

Great reference to patriarchy as far as the princesses go! It made me understand exactly what the term meant and laid it out in a way that was also easy to understand and follow.

You also gave really good references to how things were when we were younger. It is so true, the imaginations of children are slowly disappearing, and I cannot help but agree with you completely that without all the technological advancements we have today, they would be lost.

An outside source that I utilized so my readers could really understand the ideals that Disney teaches, was the scene where the Beast maliciously scolds Belle to come to dinner (it can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG5ec92GMvo&feature=related). With this clip embedded, readers can make the direct connection between your argument and the ideals mentioned in Mickey Mouse Monopoly.

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